Railway.



PAT ENTED JUNE 5 1906.

M. R. LONGAURE.

RAILWAY.

APPLIGATION FILED 001230. 1905.

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PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. M. R. LONG ACRE. RAILWAY APPLICATION FILED oomo,1905.

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Be it known that l, Marinias ltnisrLons- 'Acns, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing i bolts 7 at lvlillerstown, in the county of Perry andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvementsin Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improved rai way, the road-bedsuperstructure upon Wni the rails rest beiiu formed of concrete or cmost sills made in sections and firmly seI- cured together by embeddedplates and tierods, the concrete or cement sills having also embeddedtherein suitable chairs for se" curing the rails thereto, which havesuitable tie-rods extending laterally from one sill to the oppositesill, forming cross-ties. The sectional sills rest in substantiallycontinuous base portions, formed also of concrete or cement. Asuitablecushioning-strip may be interposed between the sills and the baseportion, the whole forming a durable and substantially rigid foundationstructure for the rails, greatly increasing the elliciency of therailway.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of myimproved railway. Fig. 2 is a side elevation: Fig. 3 is an enlargedcrossectional view. Fig. 4% is an enlarged longitudinal section on theline a e of Fig. l. of the sill-sections.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the rail-chairs Fig. 7 is aperspec tive view of one of the coupling-plates..

Fig. 8 is a pers ective view of a portion of the sill-base and 1 lg. 59is a side elevation of one or the sills, snowing a mod fied folm of thecoupling-rods.

A; is the base portion of my improved railway, preferably made ofconcrete having the recessed portion a, into which the sectional sillsare placed. The sectional sills B are Dreierably made of cement andmolded into the nroner form.

c represen 113 we raltchairs, suitably seeped 0 receive the rail andhaving the extensions 3. d c. I

clamping-plate secured to the chairs d, which lunuy clamp the rods 1 inthese "El reorerents tie-slates, to which tie-rods L a are secured. Thechairs C and the tie plates E are molded the sill-sections B, and thetop of the base of the chairs is inset by the recess b' in base ofthe-rail l rests flush with the surface nection tor l 5 is a perspectiveview oi one.

.-.'the surface of the sill, so that the of the chair and sill.

Grepresents. tie-rods, molded also in the sills and secured to the cha sfor coupling the cha' stogeth storming a firm stiffening condls.represents f ds forming cross-ties eX I ending laterally m sill to sill,preferably tapped into the extensions 0 of the chairs and having aturnbuckle f therein, so that adjustment is readily obtained in settingthe sills fior seeming alinernent of the rails. The

uend ezdtensions c of the plates E project be yond thal 'sides of thesills sufficiently to receive the bolts H. The ends of the extensions cof the chairs are set about flush with the inner sides of the sills, sothat the crossties F may be readily inserted or removed.

J is a suitable cushioning-strip, which may be inserted between thesills and the base portion.

ln the modification illustrated in Fig. 9 the rods extend through thelength of the sill and project atone end slightly beyond the sill forthe purpose of further strengthening the sill and forming dowel-pinsfol-fitting the adjoining sill.

The sills and. base portion when finally set are ballasted, preferablyby stone or cinders or suitable material, thus forming a solid concreteand. cement road-bed securely bound together and capable of rapid andinexpensive construction.

Having now described my invention, what ll claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters lPatent, is

1. A. railway having sectional sills for supporting the rails formed ofcement or concrete said sectional sills resting in a substantiallycontinuous base portion formed of concrete or cement said sectionalsills being suitably tied together.

2. A railway having sectional sills for supporting the rails formedof'cement or concrete said sectional sills being tied together by platesembedded in the sills having suit able'bolts coupling said platestogether.

A railway having sectional sills for sup porting the rails formed ofcement or concrete said sectional sills being tied together by platesembedded in the sills having suitable bolts coupling said platestogether, said and strengthening the sectional sills resting in asubstantially continuous base portion formed of concrete or cement. 1

4. A railway having sectional sillsformed 5 of concrete or cement saidsectionalsills being suitably tied together and having embedded thereinsuitable chairs for supporting the rails.

- 5. A railway having sectional sills formed of concrete or cement,saidtsectional sills being suitably tied together and having en1beddedtherein suitable chairs for supporting the rails, said chairs havinglateral adjustable tie-rods, connecting with chairs opposite.

6. A railway having sectional SlllS formed of cement said sectionalsills being suitably tied together and having embedded therein suitablechairs for supportin r the rails said sectional sills resting in asubstantially continuous base portion formed of concrete.

7. A railway having sectional sills formed of cement said sectionalsills being suitably tied together and having embedded therein suitablechairs for supporting the rails, said sectional sills resting in asubstantially continuous base portion formed of concrete, and acushioning-strip between the sills and the base portion.

8. A railway having sectional sills formed of concrete or cement saidsectional sills being suitably tied together and having embedded thereinsuitable chairs for .pporting the rails said chairs having lateraladjustable tie-rods connecting with chairs opposite and said sectionalsills resting in substantially continuous base portions formed ofconcrete or cement.

9. A railway having sectional cement sills suitably tied together, andhaving embedded therein suitable chairs for suppof'ting the rails saidchairs having lateral adjust-able tierods connecting with chairsopposite and said sectional sills resting in substantially continuousconcrete base portions.

10. A railway having sectional cement or concrete sills suitably tiedtogether and having embedded therein chairs for supporting the railshaving rods passing through them and extending the length of the sills,forming dowel-pins at one end of said sills.

In testimony whereof I a'tl'lx my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

lllAT'llllAS ltElFF LONGACRE.

Witnesses:

O. B. WARD, AMANDA MENDENHALL.

